Latest generation of cancer drugs offers hope to brain tumour sufferers

BRAIN tumour sufferers have been given new hope with the emergence of a new cancer treatment.

Tue, 17 Jul, 2007 - 01:00

Evelyn Ring

Irish researchers are in a race to identify the patients who can be treated with a new generation of cancer- busting drugs.

The potentially groundbreaking research project is being led by researchers at Dublin City University (DCU), working in partnership with Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.

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